Stoomboot cluster
Aim: Describe how to access and use Nikhef's Stoomboot cluster.
Target audience: Users of the Stoomboot cluster.
Prerequisites
To access Stoomboot, you will need:
- A Nikhef account
- A working SSH client setup
Introduction
The Stoomboot cluster is the local computing facility at Nikhef. It is accessible for users from scientific groups to perform, for example, data analysis or Monte Carlo calculations.
The Stoomboot cluster is comprised of:
- 85 batch nodes with a total of 5836 CPU cores (as of 2024-07-05)
- 3 interactive CPU nodes
- 2 interactive GPU nodes
- 7 GPU batch nodes
The system runs HTCondor for batch processing and scheduling.
The dCache, home directories, /project and /data storage systems are all accessible from any node in the Stoomboot cluster.
Usage
Access and Use
The Stoomboot cluster can be used from the interactive nodes.
Access is either via:
Access to the interactive nodes is via ssh.
Batch processing
Most of the detailed information about batch processing and jobs can be found on the batch jobs page.
The bulk of compute power is organized in a batch system. It is suitable for work that is not interactive and can be split up in independent jobs that will last for several hours up to several days.
Batch jobs wait in the queue until the scheduler find a suitable slot for processing.
Seeing what your jobs are doing
The status of all jobs (queued, running, completed) is available via condor_q
.
Cluster activity
Real-time activity for the cluster. Click on the graphs to enlarge the image.
STBC use by group
per Hour | per Day |
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Waiting jobs
per Hour | per Day |
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Job waiting times
per Hour | per Day |
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Note: The black line shows the time since the most recent job started. The purple line shows the mean time between job exits (inverse of the core rollover rate).
Links
- Stoomboot Cluster Graphs
- How to create, submit and manage batch jobs
- Interactive nodes
- Login nodes
- eduVPN with institute access
- Information about storage options at Nikhef
Contact
- Email stbc-users@nikhef.nl or stbc-admin@nikhef.nl for questions about the Stoomboot cluster.
- Chat in Nikhef's Mattermost channel for stbc-users.